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Generates a new VirtualBox Netscaler instance from a Netscaler VPX ESX package.
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Generates a new VirtualBox Netscaler instance from a Netscaler VPX ESX package.
.PARAMETER Package
Location of the VPX package to use.
.PARAMETER VMName
Name of the created VM.
.PARAMETER MacAddress
MAC address to set for the VM network interface.
Defaults to: "00155D7E3100"
.PARAMETER ForwardedPorts
A list of ports forwarded from the host to the VM.
Defaults to: @(
@("ssh", 2022, 22),
@("http", 2080, 80),
@("https", 2443, 443)
)
.PARAMETER BridgedTo
If not set, the network interface will be connected to NAT networking. If set
create an interface bridged to the given network.
.PARAMETER Force
If the VM is already present destroy it and create a new one.
.PARAMETER Start
Automatically start the VM after creating it.
.EXAMPLE
./New-NSVirtualBoxInstance.ps1 -Package $HOME/Downloads/NSVPX-ESX-11.1-49.16_nc.zip -VMName NSVPX-11-1 -Force -Verbose -Start
.NOTES
Copyright 2017 Dominique Broeglin
MIT License
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the ""Software""), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED *AS IS*, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
.LINK
http://dominique.broeglin.fr/2017/02/19/automated-netscaler-setup-on-virtualbox.html
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
[String]$Package,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
[String]$VMName,
[String]$MacAddress = "00155D7E3100",
[String[][]]$ForwardedPorts = @(
@("ssh", 2022, 22),
@("http", 2080, 80),
@("https", 2443, 443)
),
[String]$BridgedTo,
[Switch]$Force,
[Switch]$Start
)
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
function New-TemporaryDirectory {
$parent = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
[string] $name = [System.Guid]::NewGuid()
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Join-Path $parent $name)
}
if($Force -and (
(& "VBoxManage" "list" "vms") | Select-String -Pattern "^`"$VMName`"")) {
Write-Verbose "Removing existing VM '$VMName'..."
& VBoxManage "unregistervm" $VMName "--delete"
}
Write-Verbose "Expanding package $Package"
$TempDir = New-TemporaryDirectory
try {
Expand-Archive -Path $Package -DestinationPath $TempDir
$Ovf = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path $TempDir -Include *.ovf
if (-not($Ovf)) {
Write-Error "Unable to find OVF file in the expanded archive"
return
}
Write-Verbose "Importing VM $Ovf..."
& "VBoxManage" import "`"$($Ovf.FullName)`"" "--vsys" "0" "--vmname" "$VMName"
Write-Verbose "Setting MAC address to $MacAddress..."
& VBoxManage modifyvm $VMName "--macaddress1" $MacAddress
if (![String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($BridgedTo)) {
Write-Verbose "Setting MAC address to $MacAddress..."
& VBoxManage modifyvm $VMName "--nic1" "bridged" "--bridgeadapter1" $BridgedTo
} else {
Write-Verbose "Setting first interface to NAT network..."
& VBoxManage modifyvm $VMName "--nic1" "nat"
}
Write-Verbose "Customizing BIOS..."
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" "Phoenix Technologies LTD"
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVersion" "6.00"
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSReleaseDate" "07/31/2013"
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSReleaseMajor" 6
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSReleaseMinor" 0
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSFirmwareMajor" 6
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSFirmwareMinor" 0
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemVendor" "VMware, Inc."
& VBoxManage setextradata $VMName "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" "VMware Virtual Platform"
Write-Verbose "Setting up port forwarding for SSH, HTTP and HTTPS..."
foreach($Forward in $ForwardedPorts) {
& VBoxManage modifyvm $VMName --natpf1 ("guest{0},tcp,,{1},,{2}" -f $Forward)
}
if ($Start) {
Write-Verbose "Starting VM..."
& VBoxManage startvm $VMName
}
} finally {
if ($TempDir.Fullname.Length -gt 4) {
Remove-Item -Recurse $TempDir -Force
} else {
# Prevent full disk wipe out
Write-Error "Refusing to delete directory '$TempDir' (too short)"
}
}
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